Podcast Overview

Author

Apologetic methodology

12/27/23

4 mins

By Adam Francisco | David Andersen

David and Adam talk about the primary methods of Christian apologetics--focusing on evidentialism and presuppositionism.
333: Herzberger - The Family Altar at Christmas

12/22/23

10 mins

By Christopher Gillespie | Donavon Riley

The God Who Stole Christmas. In this episode of Banned Books, we discuss Christmas Eve and Christmas Day readings, prayers, hymns, and traditions. We also have a lot of fun jesting and critiquing time-held hymns and traditions. We talk translations, history, worship, and why Christmas is the best time to embrace the enchanting absurdity of Jesus — the God-in-the-flesh, who’s come to be a Light in the darkness, a shield against sin, the world and the devil, and the Door opened and welcoming us into eternal life.
The logos in Greco-Roman and Christian thought

12/20/23

4 mins

By Adam Francisco | David Andersen

David and Adam finish their conversation about the Regensburg lecture.
The basics of Islam

12/13/23

3 mins

By Adam Francisco | David Andersen

David and Adam continue their conversation about Islam, venturing beyond the issues raised about in the Regensburg lecture (see season 2, episode 1).
Ratzinger, voluntarism, and Islam

12/06/23

4 mins

By Adam Francisco | David Andersen

Nearly two decades ago, Pope Benedict XVI (formerly Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger) delivered what is often called the Regensburg lecture. Though it was meant to rekindle the relationship between faith and reason (or science and theology) in higher education, much of the world—or at least the Muslim majority world—got distracted by a brief reference he made to a fifteenth-century dialogue about Islam, its theological voluntarism, and the consequences of such a view of God.
Is Israel God's Chosen Nation?

12/06/23

7 mins

By Adam Francisco | Scott Keith | Caleb Keith

Hamas attacked Israel on October 7th, 2023; the bloody conflict leaves some Christians asking theological questions about the modern state of Israel.
Some final observations on the evidence for the Christian faith

11/29/23

5 mins

By Adam Francisco | David Andersen

David and Adam have spent the last two and half months exploring both the philosophical and scientific evidence for God's existence and the historical evidence for the resurrection and deity of Jesus.
329: Venerable Bede - On the Song of Songs

11/25/23

8 mins

By Christopher Gillespie | Donavon Riley

We Need More Mother’s Milk & Pomegranate Seeds. In this episode of Banned Books, we discuss the Song of Songs and read the seventh-century monk, Bede, who takes us on a wild ride through the text; we converse about exegesis, cosmology, the church, why the meaning of words matters, how to read the Bible like an early medieval theologian, and why the story about Jesus changes the world.
The Christmas History Almanac Presents: the Date, the Creche, and the Law

11/25/23

1 min

By Dan van Voorhis

Weekend Edition for November 25-26, 2023
The deity of Jesus and the resurrection

11/22/23

5 mins

By Adam Francisco | David Andersen

The first Christians believed Jesus was Lord and God. This episode explores how this could be given the monotheism of Judaism.
Evolution, irreducible complexity, and the demise of Darwin's theory with Dr. Michael Behe

11/15/23

4 mins

By Adam Francisco | David Andersen

Biochemist Dr. Michael Behe joins David and Adam in this special episode of the Faith and Reason Exchange where they talk about Dr. Behe's life's work demonstrating the failure of Darwin's theory of evolution and promoting the theory of intelligent design.
The tradition edition

11/11/23

4 mins

By Troy Neujahr | Craig Donofrio

TradiSHUUUUNNN! TRADITION! Spurred on by last week's thoughts on All Saints' Day, Craig and Troy think about the traditions of the liturgical calendar and the lectionary reading cycle.